A huge proportion of the world's population is vegetarian, eating no meat for a range of reasons, including lack of availability and poverty, ethical and religious reasons, personal health and ...

Testimony before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry U.S. Senate. Written statement provided by Frank Mitloehner, Ph.D. Thank you, Chairman Roberts, Ranking Member Stabenow and ...

Addressing the economic and environmental sustainability challenge of global food security requires an adequate, nutritious food supply produced and distributed cost effectively while improving ...

Domestic agricultural processing does more than create demand for farm commodities. It anchors economic activity in rural ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. A symposium organized by the Food and Agriculture ...

The Animal Production and Health Sub-Programme primarily address the challenges imposed by highly infectious animal diseases on livestock production in FAO and IAEA Member States (MS). Our goal is to ...

Will senators elected on the Coasts put our farms and ranches out of business with their latest legislation? If you read the latest Farm System Reform Act reintroduced by vegan and animal rights ...

Phasing out animal agriculture represents 'our best and most immediate chance to reverse the trajectory of climate change,' according to a new model developed by scientists. The worldwide phase out of ...

Poor air quality caused by food production in the U.S. is estimated to result in 16,000 deaths annually, 80% of which are related to animal production, according to a new study. The study also shows ...

Could current animal welfare standards in industrial production systems undermine the European Commission’s ambitious new rules to restrict the use of antimicrobials in livestock production? In 2019, ...